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Transparency in Mobile Trade-in Transactions

In fact there are so many, that without a proper view of the entire process, retailers cannot fully assess the effectiveness of their program.

For full transparency of the mobile device trade-in process, all trade-in transactions need to be analyzed, tracked and reported.

If you are a retailer or carrier, the best way to achieve transparency is by integrating all of your transactions into a single, comprehensive back-end management system.

Retailers and carriers accept mobile devices from consumers, assess and confirm their condition, and finally, enter the device details into the management system. At the same time, customers can immidiately see when their transactions will be complete and when they will receive payment, increasing customer satisfaction with your program. In addition, this keeps retailers and carriers updated and prepared for customer questions or concerns.

In general, a transaction management system that is integrated with the back end of a business (and the front end, too) will provide the necessary transparency to assess, at any time, how the trade-in program is fairing.

All stakeholders involved in the process, from the end user, the store representatives, store managers and corporate program owners should have access to view where these devices are, in the various stages of collection, transit and processing.

Transparency Matters in Mobile Trade-in Transactions

In a multi-step trade-in process, transparency matters. Having access to the complete view of the transaction process, lets the retailer or carrier determine the speed in which the devices are processed—from the initial transaction in-store or online, to the inventory stage at the warehouse, to device processing, until the final disposition at a device recycling program.

Ultimately, the faster a device travels through the trade-in process, the closer it holds the value it had at the time of transaction with the customer. The longer it sits in inventory – or is stuck in transit – the more its value depreciates, costing the retailer or carrier. Within the mobile device trade-in process, efficiency is directly correlated with economic profitability.

The process should be automated to the greatest degree possible. With a transaction management system in place, every step in the back-end process between store, warehouse and final disposition destination will be recorded in one system and transparent to everyone involved.

Additionally, if the system is well-integrated with the front-end, transparency is even stronger and status reports are even more well-defined.

The data from all these points reveal the efficiencies and deficiencies of the trade-in process enable retailers and carriers to best assess their programs. Accurate intelligence matters in an industry in which efficiency drives profits.

Flexibile, Usable, Efficient — All In One Program

HYLA’s mobile trade-in transaction management system can be integrated with a retail store’s point-of-sale (POS) and back-end systems through its rich suite of APIs. It can be customized to accommodate a retailer’s workflows and branding images, and embedded in the overall trade-in transaction processes.

Additionally, HYLA’s system can be customer-facing online so that customers can sell their used devices in the same manner that store employees handle the process.

HYLA’s system will flexibly respond to retailers’ and carrier’s different needs while still meeting basic core reporting competencies. It can answer frequently-asked questions such as:

Which stores are performing better?

Which customers are walking in for transactions and which ones are performing them online?

What are the questions salespeople are asking?

The answers to these questions and others help retailers and carriers fully assess their programs and find any bottlenecks. Information and transparency, after all, remove barriers.

Armed with the right answers, retailers and carriers can remove speed bumps in their trade-in programs and give customers the insight they crave to determine how and when they’ll sell their devices – and when they can expect to receive payment.